Attachment for churns.



J. EGKERT & F. 0. LEPPERTQ ATTACHMENT FOR GHURNS.

APPLYIGATION FILED AUG. 6, 1909.

952,88 Patented Mar. 1910.

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ATTACHMENT FOR CHURNS.

Application filed August 6, 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

Serial No. 511,585.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN Eonnnr and FRED. C. Lnrrnnr, citizens of the United States, residing at Sarles, in the county of Cavalier and State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Churns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in dasher attachment for barrel churn, and the object of the invention is to provide a barrel churn adapted to receive either a rotary or an oscillatory motion, with a stationary dasher which is detachably connected with the top of the churn and which is adapted to have its lower arms bear tightly against the inner face of the churn so as to eifectively position the dasher within the churn.

With the above, and other objects in view, which will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction of elements hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the device, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the dasher. Fig. 2 is a central, longitudinal, sectional view taken through the dasher on the churn. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the plate connected with the under face of the closure of the churn and to which the dasher is connected.

The improved dasher is adapted to be used in connection with that class of churns known as barrel churns which generally have their sides provided with trunnions adapted to be supported in suitable bearings upon a frame, and whereby the barrel is given either a rotary or an oscillatory movement when the cream within the barrel is being churned.

In the accompanying drawing, the numeral 1 designates the barrel churn of new and preferred formation, being provided with the usual removable top 2 which is secured to the body of the churn in any desired manner. The top 2 has attached to the under face, and arranged centrally thereto, a longitudinal plate 3. The plate 3 may be constructed of wood or any other desired material and is centrally provided with a longitudinal slot or opening 4, provided with a transverse pin 5. The memher 3 is also provided, adjacent its ends, with suitable openings 6, which are adapted for the reception of threaded elements for securing the device whereby the said plate is rigidly connected with the closure 2.

The numeral 7 designates the dasher. This dasher comprises a central post 8, preferably rounded at its lower extremity, as at 9, and the said post 8 has its upper extremity provided with a hook 10adapted to engage the pin 5 within the recess 4 of the member 3. The post 8 has its body portion substantially square in cross section, and the said post is provided with a plurality of oppositely arranged openings 11, which are adapted for the reception of suitable arms 12. By reference to the Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, it will be noted that the said arms 12 are each of a difi'erent length, the lowermost arm being longer than the remaining arms and this lower arm has its edges beveled to correspond with the inner face of the churn 1 and the said edges are also adapted to tightly engage with the said face of the churn and to force the rounded extremity 9 of the post 8 into engagement with the bottom of the said churn 1.

Then it is desired to position the dasher within the churn l, the said dasher is partly inserted within the churn so as to have its upper portion projecting a suitable distance to provide for the insertion of the hook 10 upon the pin 5 of the member 3. When this is accomplished, the dasher, as well as the member 3 carried by the closure 2, is forced downwardly within the churn until the lower arm 12 tightly engages the inner face of the said churn, as heretofore described.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the

advantages of construction and method of operation will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the device, as it now appears to us, minor details of construction, within the scope of the following claim, may be resorted to, if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is In combination with the churn body of the character set forth being provided with a removable closure of a plate centrally secured to the under face of said closure, said plate being centrally provided with a lon gitudinal recess upon the transverse end, a dasher for the churn, said dasher compris ing a central post having a plurality of angularly arranged arms, the lowermost arm I In testimony whereof We affix our signabeing longer than the remaining arms, and tures in presence of two Witnesses. adapted to contact. the inner face of the I JOHN ECKERT. churn, and the upper extremity of the post FRED. CHARLES LEPPERT. of the dasher being provided With a hook WVitnesses:

adapted to engage the eye 01": the plate, sub- ALLISON STEWART,

stantially as described. ARCHIE SILLUS J r. 

